Chronic Granulomatous Disease Presenting as Aseptic Ascites in a 2-Year-Old Child

• Published in: Case reports in immunology Vol. 2013; no. 2013; pp. 1 - 5
• Main Authors: Moreau, J. F., Ozolek, John A., Lin, P. Ling, Green, Todd D., Cassidy, Elaine A., Venkat, Veena L., Buchert, Andrew R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Puplishing Corporation 01.01.2013; Hindawi Publishing Corporation; Hindawi Limited
• Subjects: Case Report

Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a rare inherited immunodeficiency syndrome that results from abnormal nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase function. This defect leads to recurrent catalase-positive bacterial and fungal infections as well as associated granuloma formatio...